From NBCBayArea.com A new report reveals oil companies use at least 10 carcinogens to extract oil. Tom Frantz has been growing almonds near Bakersfield, California most of life, like his father and grandfather before him. He’s concerned about what is...

“It is irresponsible and incomprehensible that anyone could declare that bath and shower water is safe based on drinking water and drinking water standards,” said Scott Smith, the Chief Officer and Investigator from the Water Defense Team....

From BBC.com Actor Mark Ruffalo who played superhero The Incredible Hulk, has written to the authorities in support of protesters. They are campaigning against an exploratory oil well at Woodburn Forest near Carrickfergus, County Antrim. Full Story Here

As the founder and chief technology officer of Water Defense, we are writing to you urgently about the exploratory well that your government is currently going to allow 350 meters from the North Woodburn Water Reservoir that is the drinking water source...

From Nasdaq.com As California grapples with a historic four-year-long drought, and farmers skimp on water for crops in the face of fines, oil wastewater is becoming both a laudable and uncomfortable answer to water woes. Full Story Here

From NBCNews.com Deep down, the Brown family knew the water that had flowed through the pipes in their home in Flint, Michigan — the water that 3-year-old Dana had been drinking for months before anyone was warned — probably contained toxic lead....

From LATimes.com Results of the most recent testing of recycled oil field wastewater that Chevron sells to Kern County farmers for irrigation showed no traces of methylene chloride, an industrial solvent that had appeared in the previous testing conducted...

From telesurtv.net Environmentalists raised alarm bells Friday over the controversial use of oilfield wastewater for crops in California. “It’s an experiment that the state of California and the oil industry performs without consumer consent,”...

From IndyBay.org Numerous toxic chemicals known to pose severe threats to human health and marine life contaminated the Pacific Ocean and beaches when more than 100,000 gallons of oil spilled from a ruptured pipeline in Santa Barbara County, according...